How to recognise
- When heifers’ first calving is too late; it will not only affect these cows’ total productive days, but also compromise their production potential over their lifetime
- Lactation curves that do not adjust to normal levels, with late milk peaks, short lactations and low persistence, reflect nutritional inefficiencies and management issues
- Low lactation numbers in the herd are the result of high involuntary culling rates mainly in young cows due to the accompanying high prevalence of metabolic diseases and poor fertility
